Oh my, I can so very much relate to your situation...... I'm scratching the ears of a Setter lady who has just turned 14.......I dread the day.....
I don't leave this ranch to hunt anymore..... and every trip over these grounds with the dogs, I am brought up short by stopping to remember a Point or Retrieve by a now passed campaigner whose remains lie on a Hill west of the Headquarters.
Wonderful tribute to your fine companion.